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Wireless Alliance Touts 'Magic Touch' RFID Tech

Posted by michael on from the magic-fingers-not-the-same-thing-at-all dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Nokia, Sony and Philips have launched a new wireless technology, called Near Field Communication, that could be a threat to Bluetooth. Based on RFID, they say it will enable electronic devices to interact -- for m-commerce, file-swapping or to download info from the Web -- when touched together."

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  1. Possible Uses by myownkidney · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    The members of the NFC Forum envisage that their technology will be used to manage connections to both active and passive devices. People, they say, could use it to establish a link between two handheld devices in order to swap music --

    and get raided by MPAA & RIAA.

    And then the obligatory question "Yeah, but does it run Linux?

    I guess one could also combine it with a trekkie badge

    --
    Indefinitely Detained US Citizen
  2. IMPORTANT! HOTMAIL IS DOWN AGAIN!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Guys, this is a late-breaking news flash! Hotmail, and at least some parts of Messenger, don't seem to be working!

    Slashdot, we need to post this immediately so show how stupid Microsoft is!!! Every little bit counts, just like the last time you posted a news article on the same subject!!!